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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
A main canal or irrigating ditch in a Nantucket cranberry bog. 
Cranberry Culture 
Aside from the summer resort harvest there has been no 
other industry of any importance in the rural parts till out¬ 
side capital has recently appeared and is being expended in 
the development of bog land for cranberry culture. The 
promoters claim with pleasant assurance that they have 
all other regions “beaten to a frazzle.” The soil conditions 
are indeed very satisfactory, while water seems to be suffi¬ 
ciently abundant to 
satisfy flooding re¬ 
quirements. A final 
claim is that the 
Island enjoys greater 
immunity from late 
spring, or early au¬ 
tumn frosts than any 
other cranberry grow¬ 
ing section in the 
country. However, 
this all may be, one 
company is demon¬ 
strating its faith by 
its works and has 
invested upwards of 
$75,000, in develop¬ 
ing some 200 acres of bog land ten per cent, of which is now 
in full bearing. Cranberry returns (on paper) compare very 
favorably with the striking stories which filter eastward 
from the Northwest Pacific Coast region and which fire 
our young men with an ambition to go out west and pick 
up a fortune in four or five years. 
We have said nothing about the palmy days of Nantucket 
when the great whaling fleets sailed from her beautiful har¬ 
bor to return laden to the gunwale with oil and whalebone. 
These days are memories. But the Island has found a new 
mission for the man who wants rest on the untamed moor or 
on the uncivilized beach where the “board walk” is un¬ 
known and where the dresscoat and the motor car have not 
“broken in.” 
[While the editor was writing these lines his eyes were 
constantly wandering afield through car window. The 
scene was picturesque and wonderfully wild. The train was 
following the bold shore line of the Arrowhead lakes in the 
mining and fruit ranching region of British Columbia of 
which he may have something to say in a future issue.] 
SOME SPRAY INFORMATION 
Mr. Editor: 
During recent trips through the fruit belt of the United 
States, the writer has been greatly impressed with the strik¬ 
ing change of opinion in regard to soluble oils; not only 
among fruit growers, but Entomologists and Experiment 
Station workers. This is also noted by the more favorable 
and positive reports published. 
It is human nature to attribute any mishap to tree or 
crop to the application of some new and unknown remedy, 
but today the work with soluble oils has been so extensive 
and the conditions so varied, that the results from some of 
the best known brands are so fully understood, that they 
can no longer he held responsible for all the ills that trees 
arc heir to. 
In the following remarks, I will refer to only one brand 
of soluble oils, “Scalecide.” They may or may not apply 
to all other oils, but my reason for naming only one is that I 
believe “Scalecide” differs materially from all other soluble 
or miscible oils, and most, if not all of them differing equally 
from each other, and I think it is rather unjust and mislead¬ 
ing to suppose (as 
some Experiment 
Stations do) that be¬ 
cause one soluble or 
miscible oil gives cer¬ 
tain results (whether 
good or bad) that all 
brands will give equal 
results. You would 
certainly not apply 
this same rule to 
house paints, placing 
them all in the same 
class as to beauty and 
durability. So, in 
making a report on 
soluble oil, I believe it 
is the duty of the Experiment Station and Horticulturist to 
name specifically the brand used, as that is the only guaran¬ 
tee the fruit grower has; so when I speak of “Scalecide” 
exclusively, I mean no discourtesy to any other brand, but I 
cannot be sponser for every class of miscible oil in what I 
say. Some people are squeamish about recommending any 
particular brand that they know to be good and would 
rather let their recommendation apply to any preparation, 
A cranberry bog on Nantucket at the close oLthe second year. 
Third season in the cranberry bog. The ground is nearly covered by the matting vines. 
